“My players won” this match, assures Galtier who also praises their “good attitude”

For Galtier, there is no debate, at least sportingly: “ [ses] players won ”the very eventful and unfinished match against Marseille on Sunday night. While waiting for the final decisions of the Professional Football League, announced for September 8, the coach of OGC Nice assured that his workforce “had won” but also felt that it was “normal that the disciplinary committee take the time to study ”.

Interrupted after 75 minutes when OM midfielder Dimitri Payet received a bottle on his back, the start of a general clash on the lawn of the Allianz Riviera between supporters, players and staff, the meeting was conducted 1-0 by Nice. Believing that safety was no longer guaranteed, Marseille did not want to resume the match.

“We will see the sanction. There is the sporting reality and the penalties. My players won, they won. After that, I do not have to judge the decision that will be taken, ”said Christophe Galtier, interviewed this Thursday at a press conference, while Nice must receive Bordeaux, Sunday, behind closed doors, the first consequence of the incidents against Marseille.

The coach author of violence?

Seen in the process of delivering a violent punch to a Nice supporter on the ground, the physical trainer of Olympique de Marseille, Pablo Fernandez, has already been suspended “from all official duties”. The commission leaves itself two more weeks to study each of the other incidents which occurred during the match of the third day of Ligue 1. It will be necessary well that. One of them could also concern the coach himself.

According to images published on social networks, Christophe Galtier would have attacked David Friio, the Marseille technical director. “When he got on the field, I asked him: ‘it would be better that everyone come into the locker room’ to calm the spirits. I took him by the neck, but there was no intention of attacking him, “assured the Aiglons coach, who also praised the” good attitude of his players who did not poison them. things “.

“I saw a team that wanted to calm things down, pointed out Dante, also at a press conference this Thursday. I saw players from Marseille make the fingers of honor to the supporters of Nice. I myself asked one of them to stop provoking them. He didn’t listen to me. “

In the meantime, the captain ensures that the Niçois remain focused on the championship. “It’s clear that what happened is a small drag. But we’re in good shape and we’re sticking to our goals. We will continue to work hard to get the three points against Bordeaux, ”he explained. A match without supporting therefore. But also without Morgan Schneiderlein, nor Youcef Atal, injured in the thigh. Kasper Dolberg was also injured but could be on his feet again before Sunday.